The Effects of Calcium Fertilizer Sprays during Fruit Development Stage on Pineapple Fruit Quality under Humid Tropical Climate

Table 6

Effect of calcium on β-carotene and vitamin C of pineapple fruit.

Treatment	β-Carotene (wt%)		Vitamin C (mg kg^−1)
	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
Control	2.73 ± 0.03^a	3.16 ± 0.04^a	333.27 ± 11.66^ab	437.34 ± 2.10^a
CaN	2.68 ± 0.19^a	2.89 ± 0.03^c	318.45 ± 10.75^abc	386.72 ± 11.43^a
CaB	3.09 ± 0.38^a	3.07 ± 0.06^ab	302.56 ± 16.30^bc	428.27 ± 22.40^a
CaCl	2.81 ± 0.19^a	2.98 ± 0.03^bc	294.57 ± 15.61^c	449.72 ± 38.25^a
CaChe	2.58 ± 0.04^a	2.95 ± 0.03^bc	353.12 ± 10.35^a	406.11 ± 5.81^a
value	0.56	0.01	0.02	0.23

Mean values within the same column for each trait with the same lowercase letter are not significantly different according to Duncan’s new multiple range test at .